Bundle carrier and shocker.



EATENTED JULY 26, 1904.

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BUNDLE CARRIER AND SHGGKER.

APPLIOATION FILED 0OT.15, 1903.

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APPLIOATION FILED 0011s, 190e.

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No. 765,682. PATENTED JULY 26, 1904. 0. SGHNEIDER.

BUNDLE CARRIER AND SHOCKER.

APPLICATION FILED ooms. 190s.

No. 765,682. PATENTED JULY ze, 1904. o. SCHNEIDER.

BUNDLE CARRIER AND SHOGKER.

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f MMM wwfw- UNITED STATES Patented July 26, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

BUNDLE CARRIER AND SHOCKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. r765,689, dated July 26, 1904.

Application and october 15, 190s.

To @.Z whom, it muy concern,.-

Be it known that I, OswALD SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Fairiield township, in the county of Swift and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bundle Carriers and Shockers; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved bundle carrying and shocking attachment for harvesters; and to this end it consists of the novel devices and combinations oi' devices hereinafter described, and defined in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1. is a plan view showing the comlplete attachment and also a portion of the harvester to which it is attached, some parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation showing the parts illustrated in Fig. 1 and showing diagrammatically also portions of a binder. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation showing substantially the same parts that are illustrated in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the attachment looking at the same from the right toward the left with respect to Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 4, some parts being broken away and others removed. Fig. 6 is a plan View showing the central and rear portions of the attachment, other portions being broken away and the dumping-platform being shown as dropped. Fig. 7 is a detail in transverse vertical section taken through the dumpingplatform on the line m7 007 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a vertical section taken approximately on the line m8 m8 oi' Fig. 1. Fig. 9 is a detail in vertical section taken approximately on the line a fr of Fig. 1 and showing portions of the dumping-platform in dropped position.A Fig. 10 is a transverse section taken on the same line as Fig. 7, but showing the dumping-platform in a normal or elevated position.

Fig. 11 is a detail in top plan View showing Serial No. 177,108. (No model.)

the nest of intermediate gears, shown also on a smaller scale in Fig. 5. Fig. 12 is a detail in front elevation showing, on an enlarged scale, the tripgear mechanism, shown also on a smaller scale in Fig. 2. Fig. 13 is a plan View of the parts shown in FigylQ. Fig. 13 is a section on the line m of Fig. 13. Figs. 14 and 15 are detail views, in rear elevation, showing one of the actuating-heads and conneetions for operating the yielding bundleholding wings. Fig. 16 is a bottom plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 14. Fig. 17 is a detail in section approximately on the line m17 of Fig. 12. Fig. 18 is a detail in trans` verse vertical section on the line w18 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 19 is a longitudinal section oi' the clutch shown in part in Fig. 18.

Before starting with the detail description it should be stated that the combined bundle carrier and shocker is carried by a frame which is supported in part from the frame of the harvester and in part from an independent traction-wheel at the extended side of the attachment.

In the drawings the harvester frame is shown as extended to form the frame of the attachment; but in practice the two frames may be hinged together or otherwise connected for a yielding action other than that afforded by the spring oi' the metal frames. The movable parts of the attachment are driven in'part from the traction-wheel of the harvester and in part from the traction-wheel oi" the attachment. The bundles as they are successively discharged from the harvester are arighted or turned vertically with the grain end of the bundle upward and are delivered onto a tripping-platform and from thence are discharged onto a drop-bottom or dumping-platform, where they are accumulated to form a shock, andafter having been accumulated in the desired number are dropped in the form of a shock onto the ground.

In the drawings the following parts of the harvester will be rst noted, which partsv are of ordinary standard construction.

The numeral 1 indicates the traction or meral 2 the trussed harvester-frame.

bull-wheel 1 carries a large driving-sprocket 3. A driving-chain 4 runs over the drivingsprocket 3 and over a sprocket 5 of the counter-shaft 6, which counter-shaft is suitably journaled in the frame 2 and carries a sprocket 7 and a bevel-gear 8, which latter meshes with a bevel-pinion 9 of a counter-shaft 10, suitably journaled in the frame 2 and provided at its rear end with a sprocket 11. A crank 12 on the forward end of the shaft 10 operates the sickle-driving pitman 13 of the harvester.

The numeral 14 indicates the elevator of the harvester.

Of the parts of the binder which are partly outlined, but which are of course of the ordinary construction, the numeral 15 indicates the binder-frame, the numeral 16 the needle, the numeral 17 the bundle-discharging arms, the numeral 18 the knotter-actuating cam, and the numeral 19 the binder-deck, onto" the latter of which the grain is delivered from the elevator 14.

The skeleton framework of the attachment is indicated as an entirety by the numeral 20, and at its inner end it is, as shown, rigidly attached to the adjacent end of the harvesterframe. ment is journaled on the trunnion cfa vertically-adjustable block 22, which in turn is mounted in the vertical runway in the outer end of the supplemental frame 20 and is adapted to be adjusted vertically by means of a screw-rod 23. This traction-wheel 21 has secured to it a large driving-sprocket 24. A long counter-shaft 25 is journaled in suitable bearings on the forward portion of the supplemental frame 20 and is provided at its ends with sprockets 25*L and 25". Sprocket-chain 26n runs over the sprockets 7 and 25a, and a sprocket-chain 26b runs over the sprockets 24 and 25h. These sprocket-and-chain connections cause the two traction-wheels 1 and 21 to travel in unison when the machine is drawn straightahead; but to enable the machine to be turned around a corner or to travel on a curve an ordinary compensating gear 27 is employed, the same, as shown, being placed on the shaft 6 between the sprockets 5 and 7. (See Fig. 1.)

The bound bundles as they are discharged from the binder by the discharge-arm 17 are engaged at their grain ends by so called arighting-arm 28, which arm is suitably pivoted to the binder-frame and is connected to a projecting lever of the needle 16 by a link 29. VV'th these connections it is evident that under the receding movement of the needle the arighting-arm 28 will be raised, so that itV will lift up the headed end of the bundle and cause the same to fall butt-end downward. Said bundle is indicated by dotted lines marked .a in Fig. 3. rI he said arighting-arm is shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

The traction-wheel 21 of the attach-` The bundle, which, as just described, is dropped butt-end downward from the binder, falls onto a so-called trip-platform, which,

Yas shown, is made up of sections 30. that are hinged at their outer edges 30 to the supplemental frame 20. (See Figs. 1, 3, 5, and 9.) The sections of the trip-platform 30 are supported at their abutting free edges by the headed end of a trip-lever 31, which is pivoted to a bracket 31u on the frame 2O (see Figs. 9 and 12) and is connected at its other end by a link 32 to a secondary trip-lever 33, which latter lever is pivoted to a bracket 33EL on the frame 20. (See Figs. 1, 12, and 13.)

The free end of the secondary trip-lever 33 normally engages the projecting end of a spring-pressed pivoted clutch-dog 34, which is carried by a sprocket 35, that is loosely mountedA on a long counter-shaft 36, mounted in suitable bearings on the supplemental frame 20 and provided at its rearwardly-projecting end 'with a sprocket 37. A sprocket-chain 38,

vwhich is driven in the usual way from the sprocket 11 of the harvester-shaft 10 and also drives other running parts (not shown) of the harvester, runs over the sprocket 37 and imparts a continuous movement to the clutchshaft 36, just described. A clutch-dog 34 carries a roller 34, which engages with a starwheel 39, rigidly secured on the clutch-shaft 36. Normally the engagement of the secondary trip-lever 33 with the free end of the clutch-dog 34 holds the roller 34u out of engagement with the star-wheel 39 and permits the clutch-shaft 36 and star-wheel 39 to run while the sprocket 35 stands still.

A sprocket-chain 40 runs over the sprocket 35 and over a sprocket 41, carried by a short counter-shaft 42, journaled in the frame 20 and provided at its forwardly-projecting end with a crank 43. (For this construction see-Figs. 1, 2, 12, and 13.) The crank 43 is connected by a pitman 44 to the relatively long crank 45 of another short counter-shaft 46, which is also journaled in the frame 20. (See Figs. 1, 4, 5, and 8.) At its rear end the counter-shaft 46 is provided with a bevel-gear 46a, which meshes with the bevel-gear 47 u of a verticallydisposed shaft 47. The shaft 47 is journaled in the vertically-disposed bearing-sleeve 47h, which is rigidly secured to the supplemental frame 20. The two shafts 46 and 47 are also j ournaled in a gear-nest or yoke-like bearingbracket 46h, which is also rigidly secured to the frame 20. (See Fig. 8.) A pair of segmental bundle-packing arms 48 are rigidly secured to the shaft 47 in positions one directly over the other, as best shown in Figs. 1, 6, and 8. The bearing-'sleeve 47 b is of course cut away sufeiently to permit free movements of the segmental bundle-discharging arms or packers 48. Normally the bundlepackers 48 stand either as shown by full lines or by dotted lines in Fig. 1, so that in either IOO IIO

position thereof the bundle discharged from the binder may be dropped endwise directly onto the trip-platform 30.

When a bundle is dropped onto the tripplatform 30, the said platform is depressed or forced downward and, acting on the primary trip-lever 31, forces the free end of the secondary trip-lever 33 out of contact with the free end of the driving-pawl 34, whereupon the driving-roller 34 of said pawl engages the star-wheel 39 and imparts one complete rotation to the sprocket 35. One rotation of the sprocket 35 imparts a half-rotation to the sprocket 41, shaft 42, and crank 43, and such movement of said crank, acting on the relatively long crank through the pitman 44, imparts something less than a half rotation or oscillation to the shaft 46. (See Figs. 2 and 5.) rlhe said shaft 46 and its crank 45 are in this way oscillated iirst in one direction and then in the other, and each such oscillation, acting through the gears 46a 47 l and on the vertical shaft 47,

serves to carry the bundle packers or arms 48 from one eXtreme position to the other, as indicated by full and d otted lines in Fig. 1. Un-

der the above reverse oscillating movements to normal position will'of course intercept the driving-pawl 34 and trip the same out of action upon the completion of the rotation of the sprocket 35, which carries the same. To further insure this action, the horizontal oscillating shaft 46 is provided with a tappet or lug 50, (see Fig. 9,) which engages the free end of the primary pitman-lever 31 and positively forces upward the engaged end of said lever at the proper times under both directions of movement of said shaft.

The bundles swept or discharged from theA tiipping-platform by the packing-arms 48 are delivered onto a so-called dumping-platform. (Best shown in Figs. 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.) This dumping-platform is made up of two parts, and each part is made up of two hinged leaves 51 and 52, that are adapted to drop to discharge the bundles of the shock accumulated thereon. Theleaves 51, as well as the leaves 52, are made up each of two hinged sections. The inner leaves 51 are loosely pivoted or hinged on rock-shafts 53, that are suitably journaled in the supplemental frame v 2O and project rearward therefrom, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 6. The rearwardlyprojecting ends of the rock-shafts 53 are bent uponthemselves and then brought forward to form bail-like dividers 53a. Said rockshafts 53 are further provided with laterallyprojecting lugs 53h, (see particularly Figs. 6 and 7,) which engage the inner leaves 51, as hereinafter described.

The outer leaves 52 are rigidly attached to projecting arms 5'41 of rock-shafts 54, which, like the rock-shafts 53, are suitably journaled in the supplemental frame 2O and project rearward therefrom, as best shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, but also in Fig. 1. Bail-like side guides 55 are secured to the rearwardly-projecting ends of the two outside shafts 54. The hinged free edged sections of the dumping-platform wings 52 are connected to portions of the supplemental frame 2O by elastic or spring link connections 55. (See Figs. 3 and 7.) These spring connections 55L cause the hinged sections of said wings to fold, as indicated in said Figs. 3 and 7, and thus to clear both the ground and the bundles which are dropped to form the shock. The four platform supporting and operating shafts 53 and 54 are 4connected for reverse rocking movements in pairs hy means best shown in Figs. 1, 5, and

11, wherein the numeral 56 indicates short counter-shafts suitably mounted in the supplemental frame 20. These counter-shafts at their inner ends are coupled to the rockshafts 53-by mitered gears 57, and at their outer ends they are coupled to the rock-shafts' 54 by miter-gears 58. A pair of intermeshing gears 59, one on each shaft 53, connect the said shafts for reverse rocking movements.

. Rigidly supported from the supplemental frame 2O just in front of the tripping-platform 30 is a curved vertically-disposed 'plate 60. A horizontally-extended curved angleiron bar 61I connects the upper portion of the plate 60 to the upper ends of vertical pivot posts or standards 62, which posts arerigidly secured at their lower endsy to the said frame 20. f

Hinged to each vertical edge of the plate 60 i is a pair of approximately wedge-shaped bundle-detainers 63, which, as shown, are'yieldingly pressed inward to positions indicated in Fig. 1 by means of torsional springs 63, (see Fig. 8,) which springs are shown as'applied. to the hinges of the said members 63.

As the bundles are swept off from the tripping-platform by the bundle-packing arms 48 the said bundle-detainers 63 will yield to permit the bundles to freely pass, and as the ICO IIO

bundles reach the dumping-platform they i To each pivot-post 62 is pivoted anupper and a lower grapple-arm 64 and 65, respectively, and to lthe upper arms 64 are pivoted inwardly-extended grapple-levers 64.

Mounted in suitable bearings on the supplemental frame 2() and extending from front toward the rear of the machine, one on each side of the tripping-platform and the dumping-platform, is a rock-shaft 66. The rockshafts 66 at their rear ends are provided with segmental heads 67 and radial arms 68. The heads 67 have laterally-projecting swiveled studs 67 and 67", and the arms 68 are provided with similar swiveled studs 68. Operating-rods 69, 7 O, and 71 are pivotally conlnected, respectively, to the grapple-arms 64,

l73, having at its end bevel-pinions 7 3, that mesh with the segmental bevel-gears 72 of the rock-shafts 66. The connections just de- -scribed cause the rock-shafts 66 to move simultaneously in reverse directions. Thelefthand segmental gear 72, as viewed in Fig. 2

and also shown in Figs.. 1 and 12, is provided with a lock-lug 7 2, that is normally engaged land held by a lock-pawl 74, which,fas shown,

is pivoted on a bracket 20, that connects the supplemental frame 2() with the elevator' 14. A long and heavy coiled spring 7 5b, which is attached to the segmental gear 72, as .best shown in Fig. 2, tends to draw the said gears toward each other, such movement being normally prevented by the engagement of the said pawl 74 with said lug 7 2*. A trip connection 74 extends from the free end of the lock-pawl 74 to a suitable point, preferably to a point within the reach of the driver of the harvester.

On the left-hand rock-shaft 66, as viewed in Figs. 1, 2, 12, and 13, is loosely mounted y a large spur-gear 75, that meshes with a spurpinion 76, loosely mounted on the constantlyrunning shaft 36. The gear 75 on one face carries a segmental bevel-gear 7 5, that extends through an arc of one hundred and eighty degrees. These segmental gears 72 are never thrown out of mesh with the pinions 73h; but the segmental gears 7 5 engage said pinions intermittently under successive rotations of the gears 75. The spur-pinion 76, like the sprocket 35, carries a spring-pressed pivoted drivingdog 77, that carries a driving-roller 77 Said driving-roller is adapted to be engaged with a star-wheel 78, carried at the extreme forward end of the constantly-running shaft 36, asbest shown in Figs. 2, 12, and 13. A trip-lever free end with a trip-lug 79, that normally engages the free end of the driving-pawl 77 and holds its roller 77 out of engagement with the star-wheel 78, so that the pinion 76 and parts driven therefrom will normally stand still. The spring 80 tends to throw the triplever 79 out of its normal position, (shown in Fig. 12;) but the said lever is normally held in such position by the engagement with the lower end thereof of a sleeve 82, carried bya stud on the left-hand bevel-gear 72 and to which, as shown, one end of the long coiled spring 7 5b is attached. The rock-shafts 54 are further provided with sprockets 83, while the rock-shafts 66 are further provided with sprockets 84. Suitably mounted on the supplemental frame 20, extending from front toward the rear of the machine, one on each side of the shock-holding devices, is a counter-shaft 85, having a sprocket over which and the cooperating sprockets 83 and84 runs a sprocket-chain 86, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The sprockets 85 are loose on the shafts 85, and the hubs thereof carry drivingpawls 87, that cooperate with the internal ratchet-teeth of hubs 88, which are pinned or otherwise rigidly secured on the respective shafts 85. (See Figs. 18 and 19.) -On the rear ends of the shafts 85 (see Figs. 1, 2, and 3) are short cranks 89, that are connected by links to the upper members of the grapple-arms 64, such connections being made by ball-and-socket joints' or other joints permitting the free swinging movement of said arms. It must be here stated that these grapple-arms 64 are free for limited vertical sliding movements on the pivot-posts 62 and are normally yieldingly held upward, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, by means of strong coiled springs 91, which springs are shown as attached at their forward ends to the angle-iron rib or bar 61 and provided at their rear ends with iexible extensions 91, that run over guide-sheaves 92 ,on the upper ends of the pivot-posts 62 and are attached to the said arms 64.

93 is an upright i dividing-plate, which is rigidly secured at one end to the bearingsleeve 47 b.

94 indicates the pole of the harvester.

95 indicates a spring-pressed pawl (see Figs. 1 and 17) that normally holds the gear 75 against backward rotary movements. On the rock-shafts 53 are lugs 96, which when the dumping-platform is dropped engage the tripplatform 30 and prevent the same from tripping at this time, as shown in Fig. 9.

When the bundles have been accumulated on the dumping-platform in the required number to form the proper shock, the operator pulls on the connection 74 and raises the lock- IOO IIS

dog 74 out of engagement with the lug 7 2 of the left-hand segment-gear 72. This being done, the spring 7 5b imparts movements to the two gears 72 by drawing the saine toward each other. Such movements of the gears 72 carry the sleeve 82 of the left-hand gear out of engagement with the free end of the trip-lever 79, whereupon the spring' 8O throws the said lever toward the right with respect to Fig. 12 and releases its lug 79 from the free end of the driving-dog 77. The said driving-dog being thus released is under the action of its spring thrown outward, so that its roller 77 will be engaged by the star-wheel 78, thus coupling the pinion 76 tothe running-shaft 36 and starting the gear 75 into action. The spring 7 5b will rotate the shafts 66 and gears 72 about one hundred and eighty degrees, which is suiiicient to drop the sections of the dumping-platform and deposit the shocks of bundles on the ground. The rocking movements thus imparted to the rock-shafts 66 by the spring will, through' the chains 86, oscillate the sprockets 83 and their shafts 54 through an arc of approximately one hundred and eighty degrees and will further oscillate the sprockets 85 through more than one hundred and eighty degrees. Again, the above-described oscillating movements of the shafts 66, acting on the rods 69, 7 O, and71,will draw outward and away7 from the shock the lower grapple-arms 65 and will press more tightly onto the shock the upper grapple-arms 64 and their levers 64, which movements are illustrated in Fig. 6. The oscillation of the sprockets 85 will drive the shafts 85 forward, thereby throwing the cranks 89 downward and carrying the same beyond dead-centers opposite from those illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. Such movements of the said cranks draw downward the upper grapple-arms 64 and their levers 64, so that they keep contact with the bundles of the shock while it is being lowered onto the ground. Just in advance of this movement, however, the sections of the dumping-platform have been dropped first into positions indicated in Fig. 7 and then into positions indicated in Fig'. 3 under the oscillation imparted in the manner just described to the rock-shafts 54. When the cranks 89have been moved downward beyond their dead-centers, the springs 91, acting on the grapplearms 64, draw the same upward with a quick movement, which is permitted by the pawland-ratchet device shown in detail in Figs. 18 and 19 and already clearly described. In other words, the cranks 89, having passed their lower dead-centers, are under the action of said springs caused to jump ahead, as it were, of the driving-sprocket 85 and return to normal positions by movements in a constant direction.

Under the rocking movements transmitted to the platform rock-shafts 53 and 54 from the rock-shafts 66 the divider-bail 53 and the guide-bails 55 are moved toward each other, so as to force the lower ends of the bundles oi'f from the drop-sections of the dumpingplatform.

After the above-described discharging and dumping movements have taken place the segmental gear 75 is moved into action on the left-hand pinion 7 3b and by reversing the movement of the two pinions 73b and its shaft 73 positively drives the two segmental gears' 72 backward to normal positions, where they are again locked by the engagement of the lock-pawl 74 with the lug 7 2. As the lefthand segmental gear 72 is returned to normal position its sleeve 82 again forces the trip- `lever 79 into position to intercept the driving-pawl 77 and again release the pinions 76 from the shaft 36, thus bringing the parts again to a dead stop, as indicated in Fig. 12.

It is of course evident that when the driving mechanism above described is returned to normal position the sections of the dumpingplatforrn and the grapple-armsand other devices operating upon the shock of bundles will also be restored to normal positions.

It will be further understood thatthe machine described is capable of many modifica,- tions within the scope of the invention herein set forth and claimed.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States of America, is as follows:

1. The combination with a harvester and binder of a tripping-platform for receiving the bundles from the binder, a dumping-platform comprising hinged sections receiving the bundles from said tripping-platform alternately-acting bundle-packing arms delivering the bundles iirst in one direction and then the other oif from said tripping-platform onto said dumping-platform, and means for operating the said packing-arms and for tripping said dumping-platform controlled by said trippingplatform, substantially as described.

2. In a shocking device, the combination with a tripping-platform receiving the bundles from the binder, and a dumping-platform having hinged sections, of one or more packing-arms for delivering the bundles from said tripping-platform onto said dumping-platform, and yielding grapple-arms cooperating Y arranged to be tripped into action by said tripping-platform, upper and lower pairs of grapple-arms cooperating with said dumping-platform to hold the bundle in ashock, the upper pair of grapple-arms having a limited vertical IOO IIO

movement to lower the shock when the dumping-platform is dropped, and means for forcing the upper grapple-arms against the shock and for retracting the lower grapple-arms therefrom when said dumping-platform 4is dropped, substantially as described.

4f. In a shocking device, the combination with a tripping-platform for receiving the bundles from the binder, oi' a dumping-platform made up of hinged sections, one or more packing-arms for vdelivering the bundles from said tripping-platform onto said dumpingplatform, and overlapping spring pressed bundle-intercepting arms operating on the bundles delivered onto said dumping-platform to hold the same upright and prevent them from tipping backward onto said trippingplatform.

5. In a shocking device, the combination with a dumping-platform upon which the bundles are accumulated to form a shock, of grapple-arms cooperating with said platform to hold the bundles in the form oir' a shock, and means for actuating said dumping'plat'form and said grapple-arms, comprising a pair of laterally-spaced rock-shafts, driving connections to the said parts operated thereby, bevfor tripping said lock, a segmental bevel-gear intermittently engageable with one of the beveled pinions of said intermediate rock-shaft to restore the parts to normal positions, and means for driving said beveled gear and intermittently throwing the same into or out of action at the proper times, substantially as described.

6. A shocking device comprising a dumping-platform constructed to drop the shock in two sections, and a pair of pivoted dividers located centrally of said platform and having connections therewith arranged to move the.

dividers pivotally away from each other when said platform is dropped, to thereby spread apart the lower portions of the two parts of the shock, substantially as described.

In testimonywliereof I afhx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OSI/VALID SCHNEIDER. Witnesses:

E. H. KELIHER, F. D. MERCHANT. 

